Cricket 1906

M ay 10, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAMS. 123 also the world, and the Melbourne C.O., the leading club of Australia. In the last annual report of the Melbourne O.C. (for the seasoD 1904-5) the receipts amount to £8,473 19a. 3d., and expenses to £9,348 4s. 10d., showing a loss on the season of £874 5s. 7d. In the M.C.O. report (for the season of 1905) the receipts amount to £24,839 7s. 3d., and the payments to £24,942 11s., showing a loss on the season of about a hundred pounds. F. W. T a t e , the Sussex bowler, ha® received a vote of thanks and a grant o* money from the East Sussex County Council for assisting the police at Hay­ wards Heath when they were attacked by some navvies. Tate would be a difficult customer to tackle at any time. A “ M o m e n t a r y D ia l o g u e ” from the Daily Chronicle: “ Hullo ! hullo ! ” “ . . . hard hit------” ‘‘ Hullo! what------” “ —over------” “ Are yon------” “ —slow deliveries by-----” (Buzz.) “ Are you Exchange P” “ —ground fine---- ” “ Who the—what the------ ” “ Brown in Well Court.” “ Something wrong. You’re a cricket match—aren’t you F” “ No. Rice merchant.” (Gur ! Buzz ! Ting-ting !) A cc o r d in g to a cablegram from Aus­ tralia received in London yesterday (Wednesday), the Australian Board of Control, consisting of representatives of New South Wales (3), Victoria (2) and Queensland (1), has invited a South African team to visit Australia during the coming autumn. On the face of it, this seems a little doubtful, as the South Africans declined with decision a visit from an Australian team last year. On the other hand the following cable­ gram appeared in the Daily Mail yester­ day from its Sydney correspondent The New South Wales Cricket Association has decided, in the event of the Melbourne Club introducing an English team to Austra­ lia in defiance of the Board of Control, to disallow a match at Sydney and to disqualify from inter-State and district competition cricket any New South Wales players oppos­ ing the Englishmen elsewhere. Several New South Wales players, includ­ ing, it is understood, Noble, Duff, Trumper, Cotter and Mackay, have promised their ser­ vices to the Melbourne Club, whose terms are very liberal, but the New South Wales Association have given them the opportunity of withdrawing before taking extreme mea­ sures. If no matches are played in Sydney it is certain that the tour will be financially disastrous, especially in view of the money- losing visits to West Australia and Tasmania. The absence of New South Wales from the Test matches would render them farcical. Great bitterness prevails over the matter. W h e t h e r the above represents the actual state of affairs or not, it is most certainly to be hoped that the good sense of cricketers in Australia will bring about some practical modus vivendi by which the best interests of the game will be preserved. As things are at present in Australia, it is quite clear that much harm may be done if prompt measures are not taken. I f Stage and Sport is only able to maintain the form of the first number issued last week it ought to have a wide field of usefulness among the large section of readers which support weekly illus­ trated papers. The pages devoted to sport in the first issue are full of inter­ esting matter, and when one adds that the illustrations accompanying the cricket notes represent “ W. GK,” Hesketh- Prichard, and J. N. Crawford, from G. W. Beldam’s photographs, the artistic side, it will be understood, has full justice done to it. *' SURREY v. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 7, 8 and 9. a n in nin gs of 219 b y h a y w a r d . Surrey won by an innings and 214 runs. Northamptonshire were severely handi­ capped in this match, having to take the field without C. J. T. Pool, L. T. Driffield, H. Hawkins, and R. O. Raven. The weather was very overcast, and the wicket slow on the first day. Run-getting was obviously no easy matter, seeing that during the whole day only 219 runs were scored for thirteen wickets in five hours. W. H. Kingston and Thompson made 31 for the first wicket in fifty minutes, and it was not until the innings had been in progress an hour and a quarter that 50 went up. Vials, who was missed when 29, batted 110 minutes, scoring 46 out of 68 obtained whilst in. As he is now but nineteen years of age—he was born on March 18th, 1887—he will probably prove of great service to the side for many years to come. The 100 was reached after play had been in progress 160 minutes, and the innings even­ tually closed for 136, made in three hours and a-half. It is worthy of mention that Knight batted twenty minutes, and was then disposed of withoutscoring. Surrey commenced badly, losing two good wickets for 16, but Hayward and J. N. Crawford then made a stand, adding 53 together in forty minutes for the third wicket. In the hour and a-half at their disposal, Surrey scored 83 for three wickets, Hayward being not out 50, and so were only 53 behind with seven wickets to fall. Although the weather was ideal when play was resumed on Tuesday there was only a small attendance. The wicket had improved considerably, and the Surrey batsmen experi­ enced no trouble in obtaining runs against a somewhat weak attack. The 100 was reached in 105 minutes from the start, both Hayward and Holland playing free and fault­ less cricket. Although not altogether at home at first, Holland soon settled down and gave a very good display. When he was dismissed at 174, he had helped Hayward to add 105 for the fourth wicket in 100 minutes. His chief hits were seven 4’s. Raphael was soon disposed of, but Dalmeny, hitting nine 4’8, soon put together 52, reaching 50 out of 73 in thirty-seven minutes. Lees then assisted Hayward to add 70 for the seventh wicket in forty minutes, the great majority of the runs being credited to the last-named, who, after batting for five hours and a quarter, was caught in the long-field by Vials. In his great innings of 219, Hayward hit twenty-five 4’s, eight 3’s and twenty-one 2’s, his driving being excellent. He reached 100. in about three hours, 150 in four hours and twenty minutes, and 200 in five hours. His only serious mistake was a possible chance at long-off when he had made 168, although after he had passed the 200 he hit at every­ thing, getting Cox to the boundary four times in one over, so naturally made a faulty stroke or two during the last quarter of an hour he was in. After he was dismissed the Surrey innings quickly came to an end for 429, made in five hours and a-half, Northamptonshire being thus left 293 runs to get to save the innings defeat. So irresistible did .Crawford and Lees prove that, by the time stumps were drawn, seven wickets were down for 62. Yesterday a little over half-an-hour’s play proved sufficient to finish the match. The only redeeming feature of Northamptonshire’s second innings was the display by Crosse, who played well for an hour and a-half. It will be seen that Crawford took six wickets for 13, and that for the whole match his record was nine for 46. Scone and analysis: N orthamptonshire . First innings. W. H. Kingston, b Le3s ... 26 Thompson, c Hayward, b Lees ...............................11 H. E. Kingston, b Crawford 10 E. M. Crosse, b Crawford... 9 G. A. T. Vials, b Smith ...46 East, b Crawford................. 6 Cox, c Strudwiek, b Knox.. 3 R.F.Knight,cHayes,b Knox 0 T. Horton, c Strudwick, b Lees ............................... 6 Wells, not out ................. 3 B. C. Smith, c Strudwick, b Lees ............................... 6 B 2 ,lb 3 ,w l, nb 1 ... 7 Second innings, b Lees........ . 0 lbw, b Crawford. b Lees................. b Crawford b Crawford b Crawford c Strudwick, b Knox .......... not out................. b Crawford b Crawford Total ..........136 S urrey . c Hayes, b Knox. 14 Byes .......... 3 Total ... 79 Hayward, c Vials, b Thompson ......... 219 Hobbs, lbw, b East ... 5 Hayes, b East ......... 0 J. N. Crawford, b East 15 Holland, c East, b Cox 55 J.E. Raphael,bTliomp- son ........................ 7 Lord Dalmeny, b H. E. Kingston.................52 N orthami * Lees, b East ..........18 Smith, not out ..........18 N. A. Knox, b H. E. Kingston.................17 Strudwick, b Thomp­ son ........................11 B 7, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 12 Total ..429 ’TONSHIRK. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees................. 26.4 11 49 4 ........... 18 9 25 2 Knox .......... 15 2 38 2 .......... 9 0 38 2 Smith ....... 7 1 9 1 ........... Crawford ... 17 5 33 3 ........... 9.1 4 13 6 Knox delivered a no-ball and a wide. S urrey . O. Thompson 47 East......... 45 Wfells ... 15 M. R. W. 5 177 3 10 139 4 1 51 0 O. Cox..........11 H. E. Kings­ ton ... 3 M. R. W. 2 42 1 0 8 2 Thompson bowled two no-balls and East one wide. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on May 7, 8 and 9. M.C.C. won by 40 rung. Only a few spectators were present when this match was commenced at Lord’s on ‘ Monday, the dull, gloomy weather doubtless being mainly responsible. Yorkshire were without the Hon. I’’. S. Jackson and Hunter, ’ the latter being absent owing to a damaged foot, which will probably keep him out of the game for several weeks. When the home side had lost tliree wickets for 42, Jessop went in, and, hitting east and west, caused the spectators spirits and the M.C.C. ' score to rise rapidly. He began quietly, making only two singles in his first telj